Make Money Blogging: Attempt #3

Yeah, I just can't seem to leave this idea alone. Making money with my own blog would be totally awesome. My latest gig is freelance article writing, and before that website owning and list building. You'd think I would have stopped once I realized I could make money with surveys, but I just don't like how uncontrollable they are. It's completely unpredictable whether I'll get long or short surveys or whether I'll qualify. Sure, I could spend all day at it and count on making at least some money... but writing is what I love. I want to be able to write an article and know people will read it and like it and know that I'll earn something from it.

Here's a summary of my monetary blogging attempts:

1. Last May. That's how this got started. I read a handbook that guaranteed that I would be making money blogging within thirty days, so I followed it as closely as possible. I got tons of views, kicked out of a Reddit section for "blog-spamming"--which I totally didn't intend!--and really turned off some people with some Bidvertiser ads that were way out of hand. And guess what? I actually did make money by the end of it. It just wasn't coming from the blog. It was coming from things I had decided on while writing the blog, often ideas and inspirations that I decided to explore. So I left the blog and happily settled down with Survey Money Machine.

2. Sometime last summer or so. I heard about companies that pay you to review products on your blog. I do lots of reviewing here, so I thought it sounded like a good deal. I signed up with a bunch of companies... and none got back to me.

3. A repeat of #2, but hopefully with a better outcome? Also maybe some more of #1's experimentation (sorry if some of it backfires!)

So here's a code I need to verify myself to one site:
2fa89d3910ca979a67a82f9cb4be76f28c2d34b72b5f264fe6

I'll be back soon... maybe...

$156.12 for week one: Success!

Yes, you read that right. Week one of one of my projects earned me over $150. And it didn't cost me a cent to join. I didn't think it was possible, especially not since it was something that I had, more or less, already tried. But I have finally found the program that works for me! And what's even better? It doesn't require any skills. I'm not selling anything, doing online chores for people, or anything like that.

I'm taking paid surveys.

I'll warn you right now that you should NOT go to some survey sites and sign up and hope to be as successful as I was. In fact, a year ago I dabbled in surveys and had no success at all. They were all long and boring, and I almost never qualified. There was no way I'd ever reach the minimum cash-out, and, well, they weren't fun.

But this time I did it differently. I joined Survey Money Machine. Totally free to join, no catch. They send out a week of tips for you, saying which survey sites to join when and why, and what strategies to use with them. I was skeptical, but since it was free I figured I had nothing to lose. And it worked. The funny think is, I didn't feel like it was working. I was told that I should have earned at least $100 by the end of my first week if I was doing it right, and I didn't feel like I was anywhere close. Thirty dollars, yes... forty, maybe... Just then I was asked to join one online study that would pay $60, so maybe counting that I could reach a hundred. I got out a notepad and looked through my different accounts before adding everything up. There it was. I had earned well over a hundred dollars, even passing a hundred fifty.

Please note that this is still not "fast, easy money." It takes about five hours a day to go through everything, and I have to keep my e-mail open constantly for new surveys. But it works, and I am very content with the effect. It surpassed my goal for making money online on the first week, and should only increase as time goes on.

Oh yeah--I'm starting to get into the fun surveys now. Recently I've gotten to watch movie previews and help set up a TV game show, though I'm not saying which one. I'm getting paid to test out a new game on my iPad, and it's not in pennies either.

Basically, Survey Money Machine works. Try it, you'll see. You'll be surprised.

One more thing: One of you joined me on Clixsense (finally!!). I know you've only been active one day, and then only clicking ads, but if you give it a chance it's really amazing how much you can make. I've gotten several paychecks, and it's nice.